KT’s brilliant single from 2010’s Tiger Suit album!
Tuning: EADGBE
Chords
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F 133211
F/G 3x3211
Am x02210
C x32010
C/B x20010
C/A x00010
D xx0232
Dm xx0231
Gsus 320030
Gbm 244222
Bm x24432
Em 022000
A x02220
G6 320000
Intro
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F F/G Am C /B /A
F F/G Am C /B /A
F F/G Am C /B /A
F F/G C
VERSE 1
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Am
Now I know
D Dm
I took for gran-ted
C Em
That things would always go
Am G Am
The way I wanted oh
D Dm
I was going to be a tree top
C Em
I see I broke
Am C Dm
A rock of ages
C Gsus Dm
I don't always get it ri-ight
C Gsus
I see it in a different kind of light
CHORUS 1
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F F/G
Pay my lip service
Am C /B /A
Keep it e-lo-quent
F F/G
Opti-mistic but
Am C /B /A
Never quite e-le-gant
F F/G
Still a weirdo
Am C /B /A
Still a weir-do-o
F F/G C C/B C C/B
After all these years
C C/B
VERSE 2
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Am
I'd always thought
D Dm
It's auto-ma-tic
C Em Am G
To grow in-to a soul ec-static
Am D Dm
But here I am upon the same spot
C Em
A-ttempting to
Am C Dm
Lift off into space
C Gsus Dm
I don't always get it ri-ght
C Gsus
But a thousand different ways and I just might
CHORUS 2
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F F/G
Pay my lip service
Am C /B /A
Keep it e-lo-quent
F F/G
Opti-mistic but
Am C /B /A
Never quite e-le-gant
F F/G
Still a weirdo
Am C /B /A
Still a weir-do-o
F F/G C
After all these years
F F/G
Still a weirdo
Am C /B /A
Still a weir-do-o
F F/G C
After all these years
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK 1
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Whistling over these chords
Bm Em D Gbm G A
Bm Em D Gbm G6 Gsus G6
CHORUS 3
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F F/G
Pay my lip service
Am C /B /A
Keep it e-lo-quent
F F/G
Opti-mistic but
Am C /B /A
Never quite e-le-gant
F F/G
Still a weirdo
Am C /B /A
Still a weir-do-o
F F/G C C/B
After all these years
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK 2
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F F/G Am C /B /A
F F/G Am C /B /A
OUTRO
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F F/G
Still a weirdo
Am C /B /A
Still a weir-do-o
F F/G C
After all these years
F F/G C
After all these years
F F/G C
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I hope I've done it justice!
Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
October 2010
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